Archive for September, 2008
Racism today, and a little history
Feministing points to an incredible article up at Alternet about white privilege and the current election. White privilege is when you can get pregnant at 17 like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to […]
How I feel about deadlines
Sometimes
The most painful part of being sick is remembering being well. From Jennifer Clare Burke’s A Life Less Convenient: Letters to My Ex: That was before my body fell apart, and then we did.
Monday feminism
I really enjoy gender performance and the butch/femme dynamic, but a lot of people see butch/femme as a reenactment of sexist heterosexual relationship roles. So I was excited to read Sublime Femme’s post The Feminist Fairytale about Butch/Femme. Of course, I wasn’t disappointed. It’s absolutely fantastic. I tried to excerpt it here, but ended up […]
A Life Less Convenient
I’ve struggled a lot with my migraines the past few months. I’ve been thinking a lot about how I have to change the pace of my life and my own expectations for myself. Several years ago, a wonderful friend of mine sent me a book written by a woman with lupus. I wasn’t about having […]
Weekly top 5
Lisa Germano – Slide Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism Bloc Party – Silent Alarm Frou Frou – Details Thievery Corporation – The Cosmic Game
What I’ve noticed
Math is beautiful. No, plants probably won’t save us from global warming. Diets don’t work, and people know it. Weight watchers and all you other diet companies, I hope something really really awful happens to you. You took advantage of hateful attitudes towards fat people and fanned the flames of self hatred for profit. My […]